Showing all posts in June 2019

Anti-Zionist Notes are “for a democratic Israstine, with equal rights for all, against colonialism, imperialism, apartheid, and hatred.”

Robert Fisk reflects on Western support for dictatorships in the Middle East. From Iraq to Syria, Egypt to Saudi Arabia, the US and Britain have long aided and abetted those country’s dictators hold on power and their regular abuse of it. Those days are over? Hardly, as Fisk explains: “Jack Straw, my favourite Trot, branded…

The lack of understanding of Judaism and Israel in Bangladesh is examined by writer Tanveer Ahmed in the country’s leading English language paper (scroll down the page.) Ahmed reckons the reason behind ignorance in the community is simply because so few Jews have ever lived in Bangladesh: “An interesting fact is that the Bangladeshi passport…

Former leader of the Australian Labor Party and potential Prime Minister, Mark Latham, is publishing his memoirs. After a vigorous bidding war, Melbourne University Press (MUP) will be releasing the diaries in October. Promising vitriol against Labor and the media, Latham’s book has been described by MUP CEO Louise Adler as, “an intoxicating cocktail” and…